Barry Robson
Barry Robson
Barry Robson
University Director of Research
St. Matthew's University
USA
Biography
BSc Hons, PhD, DSc. (Higher UK Doctorate), Industry title Distinguished Engineer (IBM) (1998) • Harvard-Macy Diploma in Medical Education • UK commercial success citation • Asklepios Award, Future of Health Technology Summit (MIT, 2001) • Paper of merit clinical genomics IT (press release of Am. Chem. Soc. 2004) • Multiple Citation Award: 285 scientific papers, books, patents, GOR method.
Writing: Correspondent Nature, News & Views for 5 years, “Introduction to Proteins and Protein Engineering” (Robson and Garnier, 700 pages, Elsevier Press, 1984, 1988) and “The Engines of Hippocrates. From the Dawn of Medicine to Medical and Pharmaceutical Informatics” (Robson and Baek, 600 pages, Wiley, 2009). Publications: see www.researchgate.net/profile/Barry_Robson, http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CFShjssAAAAJ&hl=en, citing 280 publications, 11,279 citations, h-index 32 i10 index 76 (July 2015).
Industry: Medical and bioinformatics A.I. systems, probabilistic semantics & knowledge nets. Semantic Web. Information Technology and biopharmaceutical executive (including CSO, CEO) of five biopharma and R&D companies. Consulting. Company founder, inventor, and entrepreneur. Experience in principles of corporate and national innovation, and technical vitality. Market and strategy analysis. Healthcare, pharmaceutical, and biomedical IT. Integration of enterprise-wide clinical data systems. Design and construction of biomedical data analytics and report capabilities. Data mining in healthcare and other industries. SOA for knowledge and data-driven system design, implementation, and management including governance, compliance, and accountability. Industrial chemical synthesis; R&D of new synthetic routes.
Academic: Lecturer in biochemistry, bioinformatics, biostatistics, epidemiology, EBM, pathology and pharmacology, interdisciplinary approach. University/Institute IP transfer, industrialization.
Specialties:CONSULTING. R&D strategy consulting to major Pharma, government bodies. Technical Vitality and Innovation. Scientific business entrepreneur. Medical Education. Curricula. Biotechnology, Healthcare IT, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, Statistics, Epidemiology, Public Health. Vaccine and diagnostic design: early inventor HIV and coinventor Mad Cow Disease diagnostic (marketed by Abbott). Quantum mechanics / computational chemistry, computer programming.
Research Interest
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, EBM, Pathology and Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary approach